Pick axe murderer may be suicidal

TRENTON — A judge advised her public defender this morning to get mental help for “bi-polar” and “suicidal” Regina Wallace, who is charged with chopping her mother to death with a pick-axe on Halloween.

Wallace, 33, who appeared before Mercer County Superior Court Judge Gerald Council via video, was sent back to her cell after the judge told defense lawyer Eric Underriner to get her help.

The suspect is charged in the gruesome slaying of her mother, 53-year-old Sharon Wallace, at their home on Buttonwood Drive in Ewing on Halloween. She was arrested the next day after she showed at a hospital in Lancaster, Pa., and talked of being involved in a homicide.

In addition to her bi-polar condition, for which she needs medication, Regina Wallace is said to be suicidal. The defense lawyer said he doesn’t know if the case will ever come to trial.